Comments on: How Are You Celebrating the Fourth of July? http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/07/how-are-you-celebrating-the-fourth-of-july/ Get Started with Cocoa-Touch and iPhone Programming today! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:47:41 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mattjdrake http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/07/how-are-you-celebrating-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-159 mattjdrake Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:23:44 +0000 http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/?p=751#comment-159 @wuf810 - yeah, I was really just trying to make a point about the foreign influence thing - that is something for people in positions of power far greater than my own to worry about. One revolution that would be nice is one against these Apple review policys - def agree with that. In a lot of ways it is their game, but when its your business as well it is very difficult to deal with the things you mention. As a point - b/c of Apple's recent software upgrade one of my apps started having issues. It took TWO WEEKS for Apple to approve my update. So, my customers who were affected were stuck with bugs for two weeks longer than they should have - my company gets the blame and there is nothing that I can do for it... So, I guess I am in your boat - I do not have a boss but there are many many things out there that are affecting or otherwise controlling me as well. Although, no cameras in the streets yet. @wuf810 – yeah, I was really just trying to make a point about the foreign influence thing – that is something for people in positions of power far greater than my own to worry about.

One revolution that would be nice is one against these Apple review policys – def agree with that. In a lot of ways it is their game, but when its your business as well it is very difficult to deal with the things you mention. As a point – b/c of Apple’s recent software upgrade one of my apps started having issues. It took TWO WEEKS for Apple to approve my update. So, my customers who were affected were stuck with bugs for two weeks longer than they should have – my company gets the blame and there is nothing that I can do for it…

So, I guess I am in your boat – I do not have a boss but there are many many things out there that are affecting or otherwise controlling me as well. Although, no cameras in the streets yet.

]]> By: wuf810 http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/07/how-are-you-celebrating-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-156 wuf810 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:59:58 +0000 http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/?p=751#comment-156 BTW My current fight is with Apple's iPhone review policy and their lack of transparency, inconsistency and communication!. BTW My current fight is with Apple’s iPhone review policy and their lack of transparency, inconsistency and communication!.

]]> By: wuf810 http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/07/how-are-you-celebrating-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-155 wuf810 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:59:04 +0000 http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/?p=751#comment-155 I'm from the UK so not sure I can comment as I am part of that "foreign influence". Ironically though most people in the UK now view the relationship in opposite terms - they don't like the way all our governments essentially capitulate to the US "foreign influence". Anyway that's a discussion for another day. So the question is whether I am free? I guess I am about as free as you can be in the UK. I work for myself. I work my own hours and I work from home. Therefore I am not tracked by the 1000s of CCT cameras they have on the roads, trains and bus networks. I am not controlled by middle management and made to do anything I don't want to do. BUT I do have to abide by our countries laws and not all of them are good. For example, I could be arrested and detained for 28 days with no reason under the terrorism act (I am not a terrorist BTW). I have no influence over our governments current approach to beating the recession and the fact that my children and grand children (when they are born) will grow up in a country of debt. So am I free? Yes but I am also controlled. Is there a difference? I'm not sure. I’m from the UK so not sure I can comment as I am part of that “foreign influence”. Ironically though most people in the UK now view the relationship in opposite terms – they don’t like the way all our governments essentially capitulate to the US “foreign influence”.

Anyway that’s a discussion for another day. So the question is whether I am free? I guess I am about as free as you can be in the UK. I work for myself. I work my own hours and I work from home. Therefore I am not tracked by the 1000s of CCT cameras they have on the roads, trains and bus networks. I am not controlled by middle management and made to do anything I don’t want to do.

BUT I do have to abide by our countries laws and not all of them are good. For example, I could be arrested and detained for 28 days with no reason under the terrorism act (I am not a terrorist BTW). I have no influence over our governments current approach to beating the recession and the fact that my children and grand children (when they are born) will grow up in a country of debt.

So am I free? Yes but I am also controlled. Is there a difference? I’m not sure.

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